/**
 * Copyright 2010 Tristan Slominski
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT License (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.mindash.handlebars.client.views;

import com.google.inject.Provider;

/**
 * @author Tristan Slominski
 * 
 */
public interface ViewFactory extends View {

  /**
   * Adds a view provider to the view factory.
   * 
   * @param <V> the provided view type
   * @param adapter the adapter to associate the view provider with
   * @param viewProvider the view provider
   */
  public <V extends View> void addViewProvider(int adapter,
      Provider<V> viewProvider);

  /**
   * Retrieves the view from the view factory. Creates it if it doesn't already
   * exist using the {@code provider}.
   * 
   * @param <V> the view type
   * @param adapter the adapter the view is associated with
   * @return the view
   */
  public <V extends View> V getView(int adapter);

}
